:Llanwnda railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Llanwnda
| status = Disused
| image =
| country = Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|53.0948|-4.2822|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SH 472 576|25|SH 472 576}}
| platforms = 1{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2010|loc=Photos 37-39 & Map XII}}{{sfn|Johnson|1995|p=72}}
| original = Carnarvonshire Railway
| pregroup = London and North Western Railway
| postgroup = LMSR
| years = 2 September 1867[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/llanwnda/index.shtml Station history, via Disused Stations]
| events = Opened as "Pwllheli Road"{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=192}}
| years1 = 14 September 1877
| events1 = Renamed Llanwnda{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2010|loc=Map XII}}{{sfn|Turner|2003|p=7}}
| years2 = 7 December 1964[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/llanwnda/index.shtml Station history, via Disused Stations]{{sfn|Turner|2003|p=7}}
| events2 = Closed completely{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=253}}
}}
{{Nantlle Railway|collapse=yes}}
{{Carnarvonshire Railway|collapse=yes}}
Llanwnda railway station served the village of Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales.{{sfn|Jowett|1989|loc=Map 44}}
History
A halt named Pwllheli Road existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=192}}From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the "Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald"[https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4465067/4465071/30/nantlle%20railway Specimen timetable, North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser 14 May 1859] and in Bradshaw from October 1856.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mzsGAAAAQAAJ&dq=Bradshaw%27s+monthly+railway+and+steam+navigation+guide+nantlle&pg=RA1-PA111 Example timetable in Bradshaw] It was obliterated when the standard gauge railway and station were built.{{sfn|Boyd|1990|p=102}}
The station opened on 2 September 1867, also as "Pwllheli Road".{{sfn|Turner|2003|p=7}} It was renamed "Llanwnda" in 1877 and closed with the line in December 1964.{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/63164772@N05/7180946757/ |title=Llanwnda station after closure |website=flickr }}{{sfn|Rear|2012|pp=53-55}}
When the Penygroes By-pass was built in 1999–2000 the site of the station was obliterated by a roundabout where the A487 and A499 meet.
{{Historical Rail Start}}
{{rail line
|next=Groeslon
Line and station closed
|previous=Dinas
Station open, line closed
|route=Carnarvonshire Railway
|col={{LNWR colour}} }}
{{rail line
|next={{rws|Groeslon}}
Line and station closed
|previous={{rws|Bontnewydd}}
Line and station closed
|route=Nantlle Railway
|col= }}
{{s-end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
{{refbegin}}
- {{Boyd-NCaerns1}}
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Johnson (railway historian) |title=North Wales (Celebration of Steam) |year=1995 |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |location=Shepperton |isbn=978-0-7110-2378-9 }}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
- {{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Vic |last2=Smith |first2=Keith |title=Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines |series=Country Railway Routes |year=2010 |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=978-1-906008-72-7 }}
- {{Quick-Stations}}
- {{cite book |last1=Rear |first1=W.G. |title=Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales |year=2012 |publisher=Book Law Publications |location=Nottingham |isbn=978-1-907094-78-1 }}
- {{cite book |last=Turner |first=Alun |title=Gwynedd's Lost Railways |year=2003 |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=Catrine |isbn=978-1-84033-259-9 }}
{{refend}}
Further material
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite AV media |last1=Clemens |first1=Jim |title=North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 |year= 2003 |orig-year=1959-67 |publisher=B&R Video Productions |location=Uffington, Shropshire |medium=DVD |id= BRVP No 79}}
- {{cite journal |last=Dunn |first=J.M. |editor1-first=B.W.C. |editor1-last=Cooke |date=September 1958 |title=The Afonwen Line-1 |journal=The Railway Magazine |volume=104 |issue=689 |publisher=Tothill Press Limited |location= London |issn=0033-8923 }}
- {{cite magazine |editor1-first=Martin |editor1-last=Smith |date=May 2011 |title=The Nantlle Tramway |magazine=Railway Bylines |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=306–313 |publisher=Irwell Press |location=Clophill, Bedfordshire |issn=1360-2098 |ref={{sfnref|Railway Bylines|2011}} }}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.0948&lon=-4.2819&layers=6&b=1 The station site on a navigable OS Map, via National Library of Scotland]
- [http://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=53.09471&lng=-4.28237 The station and line, via Rail Map Online]
- [http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/C/CNV.txt The line CNV with mileages, via Railway Codes]
- [https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9mSs2bu_JpXw2AA2xlLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBybDA1bGNhBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Llanwnda+Station&fr=mcafee#id=9&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disused-stations.org.uk%2Fl%2Fllanwnda%2Fllanwnda(harden)old1.jpg&action=close Images of the station, via Yahoo]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/4954754059/?ytcheck=1 The station, via flickr]
- [http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/BygoneLines/AfonWen.php The station and line, via LNWR Society]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAjZecLvzKM By DMU from Pwllheli to Amlwch, via Huntley Archives]
{{Closed stations Gwynedd}}
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Category:Beeching closures in Wales
Category:Disused railway stations in Gwynedd
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867